André wrote:
> "Devo fazer a tarefa sob pena de perder o emprego.
> "Tenho que chegar logo ao aeroporto sob pena de perder o avião."
Sugestões:
a) "I must do the job [or] else I will lose my job."
b) "I've got to make it to the airport soon [or] else I will miss the airplane."
c) "... job lest I lose my job."
d) "... soon lest I miss the airplane."
Abaixo segue a tradução formal de "sob pena de":
_on pain of_ or _under pain of_ also _upon pain of_
preposition : under penalty or punishment of --used with a following specifying word or phrase to indicate that the thing specified is invoked as a threat that will be fulfilled
or archaically or obsoletely that the thing specified is something that will be forfeited
or is a crime or offense with which one will be charged
Ajudou, André?